Here are some images from Floyd Fest 6, a 4-day music festival which was held in July of 2007 right off the Blue Ridge Parkway in southwest Virginia.
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Here are some images from Floyd Fest 6, a 4-day music festival which was held in July of 2007 right off the Blue Ridge Parkway in southwest Virginia.
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It is a beautiful late spring day in Floyd County and though it feels like summer, the Summer Solstice is still ten days away.
A storm cloud approached, the trees swayed and leaves blew in the wind. The storm blew over so we continued with our outside chores; Scott mulching an asparagus bed and red raspberry patch, while I removed all traces of bindweed from a long row of flowers. (more…)
Win a Handmade Quilt, a Night at Hotel Floyd or a Handcrafted Teapot. (more…)
Let me say at the very beginning that our dog is generally a well-adjusted, self-assured, yellow lab of normal intelligence and disposition. This is not to say that, like all of us, he doesn’t have his own eccentricities. I must tell you that he is obsessive about butterflies. (more…)
How do we maintain adequate quantity and quality of water in Floyd County?
We could start by attending the Water and Life Event in Floyd County. The free Earth Day event is hosted by the Partnership for Floyd at Floyd County High School and will be open to the public at 9:30am on Saturday, April 19. (more…)
What is it with some tea companies? They smartly impart snippets of wisdom, or just darn good quotes or thoughts on tea bag labels (Yogi Tea) and underneath bottle caps. It always gives me something to ponder and sometimes makes me smile, which is probably the point. In the last two weeks, thanks to Honest Tea, I’ve enjoyed the refreshing Sublime Mate (pronounced mah’ tay). (more…)
Ann and the children and I moved from our little farm in Wytheville so that I could retrain for a new career. It meant leaving behind our best friend, Zachary, a six year old Black Lab. It was for his own good; he would be miserable penned up in suburban Birmingham. (more…)
The standing corn browns and curls and our deep valley grows colder in the shadows of these shortening September days. The canning is laid by, and we celebrate the end of long months of kneeling servitude to the trowel and the watering can. (more…)
A reader informs us: Don’t respond to emails, phone calls, or pages that ask you to call a phone number with the 809 prefix! You may be charged over $100 in unrecoverable fees. (more…)
FloydFest is a non-profit non-commercial grassroots event focusing on cultural preservation by showcasing diverse musical genres from around the world.
“This is really about cultural survival and awareness,” says festival co-founder Kris Hodges. “Without its roots, the tree falls over.”
The festival features three additional stages, including workshop arenas, and several specially themed areas. The Artists’ Village embraces original arts and crafts from over 75 selected vendors, and offers demonstrations in woodturning. glassblowing, blacksmithing, weaving and much more. The African Village offers workshops in African drumming and dance. And the Children’s Area has its own schedule of performers, crafts and events, plus a mid-festival parade. (more…)